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Quasi-one-dimensional model equations for plasma flows in high-pressure discharges in ablative capillaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

D. Zoler  and
S. Cuperman
D. Zoler
Affiliation:
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
S. Cuperman
Affiliation:
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Abstract

Quasi-one dimensional hydrodynamic continuity, momentum and energy equations describing the plasma flow in high-pressure-discharge ablative capillaries are derived. To overcome the formidable difficulties arising in the solution of a fully two-dimensional system of equations, experimental information on the structure (geometry) of the generated plasma is used. Thus the two-dimensional hydrodynamic equations are averaged over the cross-section of the capillary to obtain a quasi-one-dimensional system of equations in which, however, the essential two-dimensional features are present. These include the radial outwards radiative transfer of energy and the radial inwards ablative mass flow. Some particular cases, including their thermodynamical aspects, are discussed. Illustrative analytical and numerical solutions of the equations are also presented.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , October 1992 , pp. 215 - 227
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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